Re: Flat Query
From: Anne & Lynn Wheeler <lynn_at_garlic.com>
Date: Sun, 16 Oct 2005 10:12:13 -0600
Message-ID: <m3psq5mof6.fsf_at_lhwlinux.garlic.com>
Date: Sun, 16 Oct 2005 10:12:13 -0600
Message-ID: <m3psq5mof6.fsf_at_lhwlinux.garlic.com>
"Roy Hann" <specially_at_processed.almost.meat> writes:
> If that is so then it is puzzling. Why would anyone think of describing
> something N-dimensional as being "flat"?
it would make some sense if it was used to refer to single table that only had a primary index. ... it that case, primary index look up would be very similar operation to a query that did a binary search on a sorted (flat) file (and non-indexed searches of a single table would also be similar to operations performed on records of a flat file).
-- Anne & Lynn Wheeler | http://www.garlic.com/~lynn/Received on Sun Oct 16 2005 - 18:12:13 CEST